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Oct 2012

Former LAPD Harbor Division commander Patrick Gannon to head LAX police

Patrick Gannon San Pedro native and Los Angeles Police Department veteran Patrick Gannon has been appointed chief of the Los Angeles World Airports' police force, responsible for law enforcement and security at LAX, Van Nuys and...

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Oct 2012

Sacramento Bee Editorial: Outside bucks seek to swing two ballot props

Supporters of Proposition 32 claim that their campaign finance initiative "cuts the money tie between special interests and politicians." It's a lie. And an $11 million donation from a shadowy Arizona nonprofit illustrates why. Proposition...

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Oct 2012

Gang member gets life in prison for killing L.A. sheriff's deputy

Deputy Juan Abel Escalante.(L.A. County Sheriff's Department) A gang member pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday in the fatal shooting of an L.A. County sheriff's deputy in 2008 and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility...

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Oct 2012

Prison reform one year later

The brutal beating of Brandy Marie Arreola - allegedly by a man released from jail just days before the attack - has become a key example for critics of a law shifting responsibility for thousands of convicted felons from the state to the...